Panther Valley’s boys’ basketball team punched its ticket to districts with a win on Saturday.

The Marian boys’ basketball team also recorded a win, while the Tamaqua wrestling team posted three victories at the Juniata Duals.

BOYS BASKETBALL

CMVT-Panther Valley

After a 25-25 first frame, Panther Valley turned up the defense and went on to defeat Columbia-Montour Vo Tech, 77-51, in a non-league contest.

Leading the Panthers (11-2) in scoring were Rene Figueroa with 25 points, and Jake Stilitino with 23.

For CMVT, Michael Starr scored 25 and Cole Simpler had 23.

Panther Valley won the JV contest, 60-16.

CMVT

Starr 9-6-14-25, Simpler 8-2-3-23, Shotwell 0-0-0-0, Verneer 0-0-0-0, Earnest 1-1-5-3, Yost 0-0-0-0, Church 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-9-22-51.

PANTHER VALLEY

Macharro 2-0-1-4, Stilitino 8-2-2-23, Buzzard 0-0-0-0, Turner 5-0-0-11, Figueroa 8-6-8-25, White 2-1-1-5, Brettle 0-1-2-1, Eidle 1-0-0-2, Krapf 0-0-0-0, Hoben 0-0-0-0, Miller 2-0-0-4, Beck 0-0-0-0, Turner 1-0-2-2. TOTALS: 29-10-16-77.

CMVT 25 11 5 10 - 51

Panther Valley 25 28 13 11 - 77

Three pointers: CMVT - Simpler 5, Starr 1; PV - Stilitino 5, Figueroa 3, Turner 1.

Schuylkill Valley-Tamaqua

Schuylkill Valley edged Tamaqua, 55-53, in a non-league game.

Brayden Knoblauch led all scorers with 23 points for the Blue Raiders (9-4, 4-2). Lucas Gregoire added 18.

For Schuylkill Valley, M. Kauffman scored 17.

Tamaqua won the JV game, 53-40.

SCHUYLKILL VALLEY

Schaeffer 0-0-0-0, Lynam 4-2-2-12, Mis 0-0-0-0, M. Kauffman 7-3-6-17, Rivera 6-1-1-14, T. Kauffman 1-1-2-3, Mountz 4-1-2-9. TOTALS: 22-9-12-55.

TAMAQUA

Bonetsky 2-2-7-6, Stianche 1-0-0-3, Knoblauch 11-1-2-23, Zehner 1-0-0-2, Agosti 0-1-2-1, N. Gregoire 0-0-0-0, L. Gregoire 6-5-6-18. TOTALS: 21-9-17-53.

Schuylkill Valley 10 10 19 16 - 55

Tamaqua 10 9 21 13 - 53

Three pointers: SV - Lynam 2; T - Stianche 1, L. Gregoire 1.

Schuylkill Haven-Marian

Trailing 41-30 at the intermission, Marian used a huge surge in the second half to battle back for a 73-61 Schuylkill League victory over Schuylkill Haven.

Brandon Sabulsky had a monster outing with 24 points and 21 rebounds for the Colts (7-7), while Tyler Fritz tallied 23 points and Dante Agosti added 13.

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN

Ulsh 1-2-2-4, Evans 7-1-1-19, Miller 1-0-0-2, Slusser 3-1-2-9, Carter 12-1-3-27, Higgins 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 24-5-8-61.

MARIAN

T. Fritz 7-4-4-23, Ritsick 0-2-2-2, Agosti 5-1-4-13, Sabulsky 12-0-2-24, McCall 0-0-0-0, Goff 0-0-0-0, Malarkey 0-0-0-0, L. Fritz 2-0-0-5, Hnat 3-0-0-6. TOTALS: 29-7-12-73.

Schuylkill Haven 21 20 9 11 - 61

Marian 15 15 23 20 - 73

Three pointers: SH - Evans 4, Carter 2, Slusser 1; M - T. Fritz 5, Agosti 2, L. Fritz 1.

Northwestern-Kutztown

Northwestern dropped a non-league decision to Kutztown, 59-58.

Lorencz Jean-Baptiste led Kutztown with 18 points.

For the Tigers (7-6), Samuel Yadush led all scorers with 19 points. Devin Thomas added 13.

NORTHWESTERN

Seyfried 2-0-0-4, Yadush 5-4-4-19, Bollinger 3-0-2-6, Thomas 6-1-4-13, Hallman 3-0-0-6, Snyder 1-0-0-2, Hebelka 1-0-0-2, McCann 2-0-0-6, Rebert 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 23-5-10-58.

KUTZTOWN

Creech 5-0-0-11, Floyd 8-1-3-17, Gehris 3-2-2-8, Fegley 1-1-4-3, Jean-Baptiste 4-9-11-18, Graff 0-0-0-0, Scheetz 0-2-2-2. TOTALS: 21-15-22-59.

Northwestern 13 9 17 19 - 58

Kutztown 17 10 15 17 - 59

Three pointers: NW - Yadush 5, McCann 2; K - Creech 1, Jean-Baptiste 1.

WRESTLING

Tamaqua at Juniata Duals

Tamaqua finished with a 3-2 mark in the Juniata Duals, defeating Lancaster Catholic, Trinity of Camp Hill and Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy.

Several Blue Raiders had strong finishes in the event, with Aaron Coccio going 4-1 with two pins and a pair of major decisions. Nate Wickersham, at 170, notched three pins in his five matches, while Randolph Steigerwalt earned a pair of pins and a tech fall at 126.